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OTD 10 October 1903 Prince Charles of Belgium

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On 10 October 1903, a Belgian Prince was born in Brussels. He received the names Charles Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad. He got the title Prince of Belgium and Count of Flanders. Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders Family Prince Charles as a child Prince Charles of Belgium was the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. He had thus a older brother, who became King Leopold III of Belgium and a sister Marie-José the last Queen of Italy. Prince Charles as a child World War I During World War I the Belgian Royal Children were sent to the United Kingdom. King Albert I remained in Belgium behind the Yser Front. In 1915 Prince Charles started the school of Wixenford in Wokingham, Berkshire. In 1917 he attended the Royal Naval College in Osborne and later in Dartmouth. In 1926 he received the rank of sub-lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. Later that year he returned to Belgium to attend the Royal Military Schoo

OTD 5 October 1758 The start of the scandalous life of Lady Worsley

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Seymour Fleming was born on 5 October 1758 as a daughter of Sir John Fleming, 1 st. Baronet of Brompton Park and his wife Jane Coleman. When she was 5 years old, her father and two of her sisters died. Her mother remarried in 1770 to Edwin Lascelles, 1st. Baron Harewood, whose wealth derived from plantations in the West Indies. Love and Marriage On 20 September 1775, Seymour Fleming married Sir Richard Worsley, 7th. Baronet of Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight. She was styled Lady Worsley until his death. The couple had one legitimate child: Robert Edwin, who died young. But, Lady Worsley bore another child: Jane Seymour Worsley in August 1781, fathered by Maurice George Bisset. Worsley claimed the young born as his own child to avoid the scandal. However scandal continued. Lady Worsley was rumored to have 27 lovers! But the 'case' George Bisset really was interesting.  He was her husband 's close friend and neighbor on the Isle of Wight. In 1782 W